Sunday Times 4627

[twerp]

Can anyone assist please, 12D Person who's bashed our ears? (7) A-O-S-R
Many thanks

[pixie373]

Seen as arouser?

[scorpiojo]

Yes

[penelope2]

Anagram of 'our ears' Arouser

[Mamyalynne]

Can anyone see a definition clearly, other than just the anagram?

[penelope2]

^^^ Mamyalynne. No I can't other than 'bashed' being the anagram indicator.

[vetuste_ennemi]

I read the clue as "might be an example of (implied by the question mark) an ear-basher".

[Mamyalynne]

Thought so - poor then isn't it?


I did wonder if he'd used bashed twice - a person who attends a bash - a rouser?

But even that is bad show

[Mamyalynne]

Ta Ve - worth a thought.

[frugalfred]

Is Dean Mayer the setter?

[Mamyalynne]

Tim Moorey

[vetuste_ennemi]

The setter is Tim Moorey.

[frugalfred]

Oh! TM's usually pretty accurate in his clues, even if he is obsessed with cricket and excretion. D Mayer is often vague, in my opinion.

[TheFrogman]

This is really more of a Mephisto clue than an ST Crossword clue - it's an 'offshoot &lit' or a partial all-in-one clue. The whole clue is the definition (the '?' suggesting that it may not be a precise definition - and this one most definitely isn't!) while the word play is just the last three words, 'our ears' being the anagram fodder and 'bashed' a deverbal adjective acting as the anagram indicator.

The example of this type of clue quoted by Ximenes in 'Ximenes on the Art of the Crossword' is 'What a bishop may have had before getting a crook' for PREBEND, where the last four words form the word play whilst the whole clue provides the definition.

Incidentally, I don't think it's fair to Mr Moorey to say that he is obsessed by cricket and excretion - it's actually classical music, cricket and excretion (though not necessarily in that order...)

[frugalfred]

Thanks, Mr. Moorey. (?)

[Mamyalynne]

Interesting,thank you